Checkpoint

Headless Chickens members tipped the ashes of their bass player Grant Fell on the stage at the Taite Music Awards as a tribute to their band member, but it caught the crowd by surprise and upset other… Read more Video, Audio

Tauranga City Council has told the owners of 21 properties in the troubled Bella Vista that it's too dangerous to go back. Video, Audio

Syria and Russia, free trade, regional security and coalition arrangements were the key topics discussed when Jacinda Ardern met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. Video, Audio

Air New Zealand has had to delay and cancel flights, affecting 6500 passengers, because of urgent maintenance it needs to do on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner fleet. Aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas… Read more Video, Audio

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A youth convicted of burglary and drug offences has received a Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award while serving his sentence behind bars. Video, Audio

Auckland activist Penny Bright has raised more than $7000 via a Givealittle page to pay $20,000 worth of rates that she's refused to pay herself. Video, Audio

A man severely injured in a head-on car crash in Northland says he has met the tourists driving the car involved and forgiven them but still wants their passports confiscated and charges laid. Video, Audio

Housing Minister Phil Twyford says Housing New Zealand was "petty and vindictive" for taking a pensioner to the tenancy tribunal over a small table outside her front door. Read more Video, Audio

A special conservation order is being sought which, if granted, would give the Te Waikoropupu Springs in Golden Bay the highest protections possible, but some argue the order doesn't go far enough. Video, Audio